Connor Lightbody
REVIEW: RIDDLE OF FIRE, an ode to youthful imagination
Enter the film community, and you’ll see jeers of derision at new movies; “They don’t make ‘em like they used to,” scream those factions...
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Connor Lightbody
Jun 141 min read
REVIEW: A DIFFERENT MAN, arrogant but fascinating metatextual black satire
In Aesop’s Fables, a set of tales told to children to imbue them with socially correct morals, exists the story of “The North Wind and...
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Connor Lightbody
Jun 141 min read
REVIEW: ALL SHALL BE WELL, a tender, rich drama
Ray Yeung’s elegant and tender film All Shall Be Well begins with protagonists Angie (Patra Au Ga Man) and Pat (Maggie Li Lin-Lin)...
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Connor Lightbody
Apr 12 min read
REVIEW: SUNCOAST, A Charming Nico Parker Breakthrough Indie
Motorola Razr flip phones, Destiny’s Child posters on the wall and Pussycat Dolls blasting out of car radios; 2005 is in full swing for...
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Connor Lightbody
Mar 72 min read
REVIEW: I SAW THE TV GLOW, Schoenbrun's Masterpiece Is A Precise Excavation of Dysphoria
There are certain films that feel like you’re watching the greatest movie ever. The feeling is physical; it’s pinpricks dancing on your...
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Connor Lightbody
Mar 71 min read
REVIEW: SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE A Subdued Magdalene Laundries Drama
In 2021, Claire Keegan’s novel on the Magdalene laundries Small Things Like These was released to acclaim, going on to be shortlisted for...
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Connor Lightbody
Mar 72 min read
REVIEW: LOVE LIES BLEEDING, A Molotov Cocktail of Brawn, Lust and Rage
Queer stories aren’t a new concept. If you look at film history, especially before the Hays Code, you’ll see a vast collection that has...
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Connor Lightbody
Feb 41 min read
REVIEW: JACKDAW, Satisfyingly Moody North-East Thriller
The gruff, broken leading man on a revenge rampage genre has had its fair share of ups and downs across film history. You’ve got the...
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Connor Lightbody
Feb 42 min read
TV REVIEW: PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS Season One, Faithful Adaptation But Lacking Personality
When the Chris Columbus-directed movie Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief was released in 2010, young, avid readers like...
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Connor Lightbody
Feb 41 min read
TV REVIEW: THE CHURCH ON RUBY ROAD, Sparkling Doctor Who Special
here’s a reason that Doctor Who has persevered on our screens for over 60 years, and it boils down to the show’s concept of regeneration....
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Connor Lightbody
Jan 92 min read
REVIEW: UTAMA, A Humanistic Ode To Our Planet
A simple story, well told, can sometimes be the most effective way to make a necessary point. In Alejandro Loayza Grisi’s lean but...
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Connor Lightbody
Jan 47 min read
REVIEW: SPENCER: Intoxicating Study Of A Fragile Royal
Lady Diana Frances Windsor née Spencer ponders her legacy in Pablo Larraìn’s hazily sweet psychological dive into “the people’s...
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Connor Lightbody
Jan 42 min read
REVIEW: LES PROMESSES, Too Busy Political Thriller
Absolute power corrupts absolutely in Les Promesses a biting political thriller that isn’t afraid to move, but one with a few too many...
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Connor Lightbody
Jan 43 min read
REVIEW: ATLANTIDE Is Just Bad Vibes
Italian director Yuri Ancarani declares in his Venice Film Festival statement that “Atlantide is a film that began without a...
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Connor Lightbody
Jan 33 min read
REVIEW: DON'T WORRY DARLING, Wilde's Wonderland Is Not So Fun
Olivia Wilde’s sophomore effort, Don’t Worry Darling, a film that wears its message loudly, proudly and with barefaced cheek, opens with...
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Connor Lightbody
Jan 33 min read
REVIEW: THE WHALE, Moby Dick Riffing Chamber Piece Almost Capsizes
This review first appeared for Jumpcut Online on September 4th 2022 as part of Venice Film Festival coverage After 2017’s critically...
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Connor Lightbody
Jan 34 min read
REVIEW: LAST NIGHT IN SOHO, Vibrant Paranormal Excursion Into Murky Soho Is Fun But Embarrasingly Toothless
Edgar Wright, acclaimed cult director of Baby Driver and Hot Fuzz fame, directs Last Night In Soho with a breezy smoothness, but this...
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Connor Lightbody
Jan 33 min read
REVIEW: SHE IS LOVE, Improvised Romance is Harmless But Flimsy
This review was posted on October 19th 2022 for JumpCut Online as part of London Film Festival During Jamie Adams’ whimsical, flimsy...
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Connor Lightbody
Jan 31 min read
REVIEW: THE BEASTS, A Gnarly and Barbarous Expatriate Thriller
In 2010, Dutchman Martin Verfondern disappeared from a rustic Spanish village in Ourense. His disappearance and the subsequent...
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Connor Lightbody
Jan 34 min read
REVIEW: ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT'S ME, MARGARET is An Unapolgetically Sweet Look At Teenage Sexuality
In 1970, Judy Blume’s eponymous novel Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret was published. The book, a grounded curtail pull on teenage...
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